3.0.0 3702 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z Senate S S 2006-07-20 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-07-20T19:18:20Z 2006-07-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8062) IntroReferral 2006-07-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8062) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2006-07-20 True Labor and Employment Administrative procedure Agricultural labor Agricultural machinery Agriculture and Food Department of Labor Government Operations and Politics Health Law Migrant labor Motor buses Motor vehicle safety Occupational health and safety Seasonal labor Seat belts Standards Transportation and Public Works Labor and Employment 00 2006-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2006-08-31T19:34:49Z Farm and Forestry Worker Transportation Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, in promulgating vehicle safety standards under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, to ensure that designated seats with operational seat belts are provided for the transportation of agricultural workers, with an exception for buses otherwise not federally required to have seat belts.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue minimum performance requirements for the strength of seats and the attachment of seats and seat belts in vehicles that are converted, after being sold for purposes other than resale, for the purpose of transporting such workers.

Requires, effective seven years after enactment of this Act, vehicles converted for transport of such workers to provide the same level of safety as vehicles manufactured or altered for such purpose prior to being sold for purposes other than resale.]]>

Farm and Forestry Worker Transportation Safety Act Display Title Farm and Forestry Worker Transportation Safety Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the safety of migrant seasonal agricultural workers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Farm and Forestry Worker Transportation Safety Act Introduced in Senate 2006-07-20T04:00:00Z 2006-07-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8062) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.